You watch your life fly by through a window.I stare at it emptily through a screen,Preferring to watch rather than participateIn a life I have never felt, only seen.Years pass and we grow up.Things change, friends leave.We say goodbye and then hello.One thousand, two thousand nineteen.

You better slow down,Dance steady for a whileBecause life is too short.To fight time is futile.Waltzes last longerWhen held close with a smile.So dance like a loverRather than a child.

Take a breath, you're doing fine.Place your hands on my waistAnd I will keep time.You'll get better with ageLike a fine, red wine.Just let the music swellAnd know you are alive.

One more step toward meAnd we'll be right in line.So come a little closerPut your lips on mine.Nothing feels so perfectRight here at midnightAnd it's so romanticIt's our new first time tonight.

Some might call this juvenile.And one day, you know, we will too.But let's disappear in the meanwhile,Turn off our phones, and drive for a day or two.It's been a long time comingAnd our song is not even halfway through.We've got a brand new startHappy New Year to you.

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Graceful

Jan 02, 2019

Wow this is so beautiful! It has a really nice calm flow to it. Good job!

gg

Jan 08, 2019

A gem, Maisie. I particularly like this line: "In a life I have never felt, only seen." It is, after all, how we do live our lives sometimes and it is exactly what you are saying for us to fight, to live those moments, feel those moments.